The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-03
BOILED INTO BREVlTY.
A Few Minutes With the News Of This
Vicinity.
Items Picked Up in and Around This
County by the Ever Present Demo-
crat News Gatherer---Per-
sOnal Points, Etc.
The g. h. did not see his shadow.

The contract for furnishing the haT
ness for Menches & BarbeT's circus was
awarded to Mr.. Charles spansgel of this
city.
Miss Julia Fisher, of No. 120 East
Third street, left to-day for months
visit to her sister, Mrs. W. j. HOssleT, of
Montreal, Canada.
Married by Rev. j. j. Lebermsn, jan
u8ry 30, 1887, at the Reformed parsOn-
age, Louisville, Mr.. Joel Wingert to Miss
Minnie L. Klingelman, both Of Stark
county.
Louis Webber, the Alliance burglar,
who had his foot crushed by the cars
when fleeing from justice, was brought
to Canton today and turned over to
Sheriff Leininger.
Mr.. Leonard Stands died at his farm
residence, about two miles south of the
city, Tuesday evening at nine o'clock,
aged seVenty-seVen years. Funeral
Thursday at 8 q. M; interment at the
Eaton church,
We are glad to learn that Mr.. N. NJ.
Herbst, who was badly injured by fall
at the Aultman works, Is gradually i'm
proving, and is able to be up much of
the time. We hope he will soon be per,
fectly restored.
We are informed that 1t has been ar
ranged for o public discussion in Maple.
ton on Monday, February 7th. Q1es-
tiOn: SHOULD the Republican Party be
Re-instated to Power" Some of the
Canton PrOhlbltlonists say they are
going down to take part In the negative
of saii question.
A. A. Kitzmiller of Atwater, Portage
county, owner of Prophet Wilkes and
other good ones, has purchased of
Messrs. j. E DELPHI & Sons fine farm
Of 270 acres short distance from Lex
ingtOn, KY, on the Frankfort pike. He
will begin at once to prepare the place
Tor tho transfer OF draft of his STOCK
from his Chic farm and will locate there
permanently.
The Young Mems Democratic Club OF
Canton, Is thoroughly organized, and 1t
is growing In strength each year. lis
leading spirits are young men, full of
energy and active In the work Of organ
izatlOn. In point of intelligence these
young men are not surpassed anywhere.
By their aid old MOllta Stark may be eX
pected to remain firmly In the Demo
cratic traces.-[New Lisbon Patriot
Ella Douglass has begun suit In the
COmmOn Pleas Court Of CuyahOga cOun-
ty for divorce from her husband, Curtis
c. Douglass, on the charge of intidelity
She also sues for the custody of her
child. The defendent In this case is
now incarcerated In the Stark county
jail In default of $4,000 bond, In several
small forgery cases, amounting in all
to a couple hundreds Of dollars. A few
| years since Douglass was trusted en-
ploye Of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago Railroad, holding at one time
the Office of train dispatcher at Alliance.
For several years he has been deVOting
himself to the company of bad women,
casting aside, to shift for themselves,
his young wife and innocent child, grad
ually going from bad to worse, until he
now finds himself face to face with the
penitentiary.
NJ. W. Lowman, ex Marshal of ALI.
ance, depOsed couple Of years since
for being too Zip with blond female
Of easy virtue, known as Eleanor Smith
has, 1t is thought, skipped the ira loo
with that estimsble person and left bis
family to stRrVe. Some time since he
received several hundred dollars back
pension, which he placed on deposit in
the First National bank of this city
About q month since he left home
without making any provision for his
family, who are In destitute clrcum.
stances. About the same time he
checked out his balance In the bank,
saying he was going away" His fam
lily has not seen him since. 1t Is sup
posed, however, that he Is still some.
where about Canton, basking in the
smiles of the fair but frsil Eleanor, and
spending the money on her that his
innocent family Is suffering for.